How to Become a Shipper of Choice: 10 Practices Carriers Actually Care About
Luis Lopez explains what it takes to become a shipper of choice, with ten practical changes at the dock, in scheduling and in payment that make carriers want your freight.
Contract vs. Spot Freight Rates: How Shippers Should Split Their Freight
Luis Lopez explains the difference between contract and spot freight rates, how each behaves through the market cycle, and how shippers can decide what share of their freight belongs in each.
What Affects LTL and Truckload Freight Quotes? A Shipper’s Guide to Getting Accurate Rates
By Luis Lopez, AI transportation consultant, CEO of Go Hub.io Holdings Corp and subsidiaries, and host of the Freight Guru Podcast Two shippers can send the same pallet down the same lane and receive very different prices. A freight quote is not a single number pulled from a chart. It is the result of dozens […]
Freight Audit and Payment Explained: How It Works and When It Pays Off
By Luis Lopez, AI transportation consultant, CEO of Go Hub.io Holdings Corp and subsidiaries, and host of the Freight Guru Podcast Freight invoices are full of small errors that add up. A wrong accessorial here, a duplicate bill there, a rate that does not match the contract. Freight audit and payment is the process of […]
How to Find Freight as a New Carrier: 9 Proven Ways to Get Your First Loads
By Luis Lopez, AI transportation consultant, CEO of Go Hub.io Holdings Corp and subsidiaries, and host of the Freight Guru Podcast You have your authority, your insurance and your truck. Now comes the question that stops many new carriers: how do you find freight when nobody knows your name? The good news is that there […]
Drop and Hook Trucking Explained: Pros, Cons and Costs for Shippers and Carriers
By Luis Lopez, AI transportation consultant, CEO of Go Hub.io Holdings Corp and subsidiaries, and host of the Freight Guru Podcast Waiting is the silent profit killer in trucking. Drivers sit at docks while trailers are loaded or unloaded, and shippers pay for that time in higher rates and missed appointments. Drop and hook trucking […]
Freight Forwarder vs. Freight Broker: Key Differences and When to Use Each
By Luis Lopez, AI transportation consultant, CEO of Go Hub.io Holdings Corp and subsidiaries, and host of the Freight Guru Podcast Shippers, new logistics entrepreneurs and even some carriers use the terms interchangeably, but a freight forwarder and a freight broker are not the same thing. They have different legal roles, different liability, different regulatory […]
What Is a Rate Confirmation in Trucking? What to Check Before You Sign
By Luis Lopez, AI transportation consultant, CEO of Go Hub.io Holdings Corp and subsidiaries, and host of the Freight Guru Podcast Before a truck rolls, a document changes hands that turns a verbal agreement into a binding load: the rate confirmation, often called the “rate con.” Whether you are a carrier, owner-operator, broker or shipper, […]
What Is Deadhead in Trucking? How to Calculate and Reduce Empty Miles
By Luis Lopez, AI transportation consultant, CEO of Go Hub.io Holdings Corp and subsidiaries, and host of the Freight Guru Podcast If you have spent any time around trucking, you have heard the word “deadhead.” Deadhead in trucking means driving a truck without a paid load, either bobtail (tractor only) or pulling an empty trailer. […]
How Much Do Owner Operators Make? Revenue, Expenses and Take-Home Pay
By Luis Lopez, AI transportation consultant, CEO of Go Hub.io Holdings Corp and subsidiaries, and host of the Freight Guru Podcast Ask ten owner-operators how much owner operators make and you will hear ten different numbers. That is because gross revenue, net profit and personal take-home pay are three very different figures. This guide walks […]